A man representing the Burkina Faso’s victims' relatives prays in front of debris of the Air Algerie Flight AH 5017 during a visit to the crash site in Mali's Gossi region, west of Gao.

UN experts investigating the Air Algerie plane disaster in Mali have recovered the second black box from the doomed plane, a spokesman of UN peacekeepers in the country said on the weekend.

Officials who had already reached the remote, barren area described a scene of total devastation littered with twisted and burnt fragments of the plane that was carrying 118 on board, including entire families. No one survived the impact and France bore the brunt of the disaster with 54 nationals killed in the July 24 crash.

The flight had taken off from Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso and was bound for Algiers.

Picture: Sia KambouSource:AFP

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Despite being an experienced marathon runner who finished in the top 40 at the London and Beijing Olympics, pictures reveal the extent of her agony as her body appears to give up on her. She collapsed and, clearly distraught, was unable to continue despite being so close to the finish. The dramatic moments were captured by News Corp Australia photographer Adam Head at the finish line.

After a disappointing effort at the 2012 London Olympics and a string of controversies (Stilnox, anyone?), Magnussen reclaimed his mantle as the sprint king by leading an Aussie trifecta in the 100m freestyle at the Commonwealth Games.

It was the first clean sweep for Australia in the pool on a night when Belinda Hocking also claimed gold in the 200m backstroke, Ben Treffers won the 50m backstroke and the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team stormed home for victory.

Australians have ­overwhelmingly backed Tony Abbott’s leadership through the MH17 crisis, ranking him well ahead of other world leaders including US ­President Barack Obama.

But they have refused to ­reward the Prime Minister or the government at home, with the electorate still seeking to punish the Coalition over its stalled Budget.

An exclusive poll conducted for The Daily Telegraph over the weekend has ­revealed most Australians believed Mr Abbott had shown more leadership in response to the shooting down of the MH17 — and his uncompromising stance against Russia — than President Obama, reports Simon Benson.

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It’s understood the 100 unarmed officers were due to arrive at the crash site overnight, but a fresh outbreak of violence has forced the delay.

Sources told News Corp that the contingent of federal police — sanctioned by the United Nations — was on its way before being told to hold back after exchanges between separatists and the Ukraine military.

The delay came as PM Tony Abbott spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin for the third time since Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down.

Mr Abbott wanted to reassure him the Australian mission was a humanitarian one, not a justice-seeking one.

Michael Usher’s report on the tragedy, complexities and global frustration of MH17 was heartbreaking viewing, including the daughters of 50-year-old Australian victim Liliane Durden describing the treatment of their mother’s body like ‘a sack of potatoes’.

But undoubtedly the most tragic and telling of Usher’s interviews was with local villager Inna Tipunova, who broke down in tears for the as-yet-unidentified victim who fell through her roof.

“The body fell through the roof here, people started falling from the sky,” she explained to Usher.

“So many people falling like rain from the sky.

“Her leg was broken, her foot was lying right up there in the attic.

“She was a human being, she had a family,” an emotional Tipunova said.

It was a telling report by Usher, whose description of the difficulties of accessing the crash site echoes those of many journalists and investigators trying to access the scene.

“To get to the crash site we have to pass through half a dozen checkpoints, manned by armed and sometimes masked thugs who make it clear Australia is top of their hate list because of our government’s tough response,” Usher says.

Eighty-one asylum-seekers arrived at the remote detention centre in Western Australia, a spokesman for the facility said, after they were reportedly flown there by the government from the remote atoll of Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean.

The boat people, thought to be mostly minority ethnic Tamils from Sri Lanka, were the first in seven months to reach the Australian mainland.

Asylum seekers prepare to board a plane at Cocos Island to fly to the Curtin Detention Centre in Western Australia.Source:Supplied